To main content

Salvage

Through SMIT Salvage we provide emergency response, salvage and wreck removal services. The company has an unparalleled track record responding to ships in distress anywhere in the world from four strategic locations - Rotterdam, Houston, Cape Town and Singapore. The company also has extensive experience realizing a wide variety of demanding salvage and wreck removal projects – where, for example, wrecks threaten safe navigation or obstruct port access. In addition, SMIT’s salvage teams deliver a full range of environmental care services, such as the safe disposal of hazardous cargos and bunker fuels from ships that have run aground.

Salvage_Baltic_Ace_wreck_removal.jpg

Wreck removal

SMIT’s salvage teams can call on the resources of the entire Boskalis group to complete wreck removal as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

Read more
Salvage_SMIT_emergency_response.jpg

Emergency response

SMIT’s response centers in Rotterdam, Houston, Cape Town and Singapore provide a 24-hour link to customers, vessels, SMIT offices and agents around the world, guaranteeing an immediate response.

Read more
Flaminia_DD_01.jpg

Environmental care

SMIT’s salvage teams have the expertise to deliver a full range of services from firefighting to deep water oil recovery, and the disposal of hazardous cargoes from grounded ships.

Read more
Salvage_emergency_response_Modern_Express.jpg

Track record SMIT Salvage

SMIT Salvage’s name is synonymous with total commitment to the challenging field of marine emergency response and wreck removal.

Especially when optimal care for the environment is a priority.

View our track record

Our fleet

SMIT’s salvage teams can call on
the Boskalis fleet to operate
as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

What sets us apart

Vervangende_bewerkte_foto_spread_SAFE_AND_SUSTAINABLE_DD__2_.jpg

Safe and sustainable

Our environmental expertise and innovative techniques ensure your full compliance with regulations.

Read more
MMMEMSMART-0903__1_.jpg

Straightforward or complex

We tailor innovative, sustainable solutions to suit any situation.

Vervangende_foto_pag_9_klein_DD.jpg

A team built around your needs

SMIT Salvage has the resources to build a global team around the challenges you face.

Let's talk

Salvage

SMIT’s response centres in Rotterdam, Houston, Cape Town and Singapore provide a 24-hour link to customers, vessels and agents.

Vlag_bewerkt.jpg
Emergency response 24/7
+31 10 4549911 salvage@smit.com

Stay up to date

Enter your email address to receive Boskalis press releases or news updates.

More solutions

Towage

Through our strategic partnerships, we provide towage services in ports, and a full range of services for the operation of onshore and offshore terminals around the world.

Read more

Dredging & Inland Infra

Boskalis is a market leader in its core activity, dredging, and also delivers dry infrastructure projects in the Netherlands.

Read more

Offshore energy

Boskalis offers a unique range of offshore services to the international energy sector - oil, gas and renewables.

Read more

Selection of salvage projects

smittak_2162_header.jpg
Project

Wreck removal, Baltic Ace

On 5 December 2012, the car carrier Baltic Ace sank with more than 1,400 cars on board after a collision with a container ship near the entrance of the main shipping lane leading to Rotterdam port.

Read more
44_Legs_stored_on_deck_SEP_Orion_and_ready_for_tow_out_header.jpg
Project

Salvage operation,
Sep Orion

In 2012 SMIT Salvage successfully removed the diesel oil from the grounded jack-up work platform SEP Orion at Sao Luis, Brazil. SMIT Salvage was also awarded the wreck removal contract.

Read more
Costa_Concordia_18012012_DSC_0058_header.jpg
Project

Fuel removal, Costa Concordia

On Friday the 13th of January 2012 the cruise vessel Costa Concordia, carrying over 4,000 passengers and crew, hit a rock and subsequently encountered stability problems, whilst passing the Isle of Giglio in Tuscany. Eventually the Costa Concordia grounded and listed to approximately 56° on her starboard side. Fortunately, the majority of the passengers and crew were safely evacuated yet as it turned out later, 32 people regrettably lost their lives.

Read more